Wimblowdriver said:
I remembers that. Left skool in 1970, everything was in imperial up to then. Next stage of ejumication was the start of SI units so had to learn a whole new system at night skool and day release. Started work on a BIG construction site which was imperial, working with the surveying instruments. All levels were taken in feet and tenths of feet, all distances were in feet, inches and fractions. And conversion tables between the decimal and fractions had to be used when converting measurements from drawings, depending on whether the measurement was up/down or lengthways. And most surveying instruments placed the image of what you were looking at upside down just to complicate matters. (I still have two levelling instruments, one with image correct and one inverted). Things got much simpler on the second job because it was metric, no conversions and all in metres n millipedes whether up down or sideways. And all new surveying instruments were the right way up. Nowadays you don't need to measure distances, just push buttons on the instrument key pad and it does it all, using GPS. A couple of blokes can now do in a couple of hours what it took my generation a couple of weeks to achieve.
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You and I must be roughly the same age, I was 16 in 1970, stayed on to do A levels and did Physics so had to do everything in both SI and metric, later on, 1975/6, was a technical rep for a pipeline supply company, for Enots gear we sold, designing circuits, going out to breakdowns etc. We sold both metric and imperial fittings and pipe, we had huge wall charts with the fittings on. At one point Enots decided to make imperial a "preferred" choice and threatened to put the prices up, to try and force customers to go metric. I was given warning of this which I had to pass on to them. Some bought shedloads of the imperial ones, to beat the price rise, others went the other way and replaced their stocks with metric.
Guess what, Enots changed their minds!
I drove around with a tin hat on for quite a few weeks!
 
Morning all. Bit late up today.
I unnerstand there is a named storm back in blighty.
Here yesserday twas a bit cooler, sun with clouds, didn't open up the pool as it was touch and go whether the sun would heat it or it'd heat the atmos.
Picked another crate and a half of Damsons. God knows what wifey's gonna do wiv em! We have decided "no more jam" thank the Lord. so it'll be stewed i think.
We won't have enough jars, we never have.:rolleyes:. Or put into spirit, and again we won't have enough vodka. :rolleyes:
Clearer here today, I'll just pop out and check the shade temp.
83 in old money and the "éoliennes" (wind turbines) on top of the far mountains ain't turning at all, as per usual, so we know the diesel back-up generators will be working.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
So better go open the pool up, and check on Wifey's "orders for the day"
Have a nice one and stay safe!:)
 
Uh Oh :rolleyes:.... Apparently after the bloke was here for his 2nd interview he actually went for another elsewhere and even though he verbally accepted the offer we made him this other company has obviously made him a better offer (not difficult) and he has decided he doesn't want my job after all.
 
When the customer says keep going your going in the right direction...(i do wonder if they think I’m in a tractor)
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